Today was the outing of the Facebook Group “Upstream Nymph” on the River Carron. A day for those in particular who had not fished our wee river, to try somewhere different. Organised by Cailean Moore , the Group admin, the opportunity was there to try out some of the methods he espouses or indeed stick to what you are comfortable with whether that be Dry fly, wets or whatever.Facebook Group “Upstream Nymph” on the River Carron. A day for those in particular who had not fished our wee river, to try somewhere different. Organised by Cailean Moore , the Group admin, the opportunity was there to try out some of the methods he espouses or indeed stick to what you are comfortable with whether that be Dry fly, wets or whatever.
The Upstream Nymph group at the Carron this morning
Saturday was a bit of a thundery day and the later rain put a wee bit water in the river, and a whole lot of colour downstream of the Bonny Water, so area’s like Larbert Viaduct, which was the initial assembly point was pretty opaque for the most part. Once upstream of the burn’s inflow however and while it wasn’t Gin-clear it was more tea coloured with the bottom clearly visible in most areas. The colour didn’t stop some anglers getting some impressive bags though and one had two fish within minutes of approaching the viaduct.
We split into smaller groups, dictated mostly by the preference of method and I led a group of three anglers up to the section downstream of Horsemill Inn to the Checkbar Bridge.
A number of fellow anglers told me they thought this to be E. Danica but we now think it is the Large Brook Dun (Ecdyonurus torrentis) on the Carron.
Two anglers opted to fish by the quarry initially and one went with me a wee bit further upstream and tried his luck there. Kevin, the angler who came with me, had a reasonable, probably wild fish pretty quickly on a dry and while I was watching him fish I came across what we initially thought was Ephemera Danica, a pukka Mayfly, which was resting on a blade of grass. So we have real Mayfly on the Carron?
I myself decided I would try nymphs or spiders until there was sufficient evidence that dries would be superior. I do like my dry fly fishing but want to improve my nymph technique.
I stopped back at the quarry to see what was happening there and after a very interesting half hour, observing proceedings decided to seek out more of the anglers and try to get some photos. I wasn’t too bothered about fishing and so headed to Horsemill Inn to see if any were there, but found no one. I then moved up to Winchester Avenue and again found no one. I decided to give the end of the run down here a wee go with my flies and had a couple of small wild fish in about my first 6 casts. So not a blank for me!
great read Kenny, good that it was a nice day for everyone.
I thought I might see you about during the day Tommy, was a nice day to be out. I didn’t fish an awful lot but with the right method there were fish to be found 🙂